Improvement in fences



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ined gitanas @anni @Mitica Letters Patent No. 95,518, dated October` 5,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN FNCES.

The Schedule referred to in these ALetters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

l Be it known that I, SMITH RILEY, of Kenton, in the county of Hardin,and State of Ohio, have in-v vented a new and improved Fence; and I dohereby declare `that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part of this specification.

This invention relates tovimprovelnents in fences, designed to provide asimple and cheap portable fence.

It consists of sections made oi' longitudinal bars, with bevelled endsand vertical pickets, the said bevelled ends of the sections beingjoined so as to assume a zigzag'form, and held together bycoimecting-links extending from the picket, next the, end ot' 011esection, to the corresponding picket of the next section, all ashereinafter more fully specified.

Figure -1 represents a top View of my improved fence.

Figure 2 represents a side elevationof the same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate coircsponding parts.

A represents upper and lower longitudinal rails, through which picketsE, or vertical square bars pass,

as many as required, forming panels or sections.

"lhe said rails are bevelled at the ends, as shown at C, so that thesaid sections may be placed togetherin a mannerto. assume azigzagvoourse, with the bevelled ends of rails buttiug against eachother.

, W'hen sfo placed, the said sections are secured by the connecting-barsD, from one picket, E, nearest the end of a section, to thecorresponding picket of the next section.

These links are bored to slip on over the pickets, and the distancesbetween the holes are so calculated that when placed on the pickets, theends ot' therails. will be held e'osely together. r

I propose to make the holes in the rails and links round, and thepickets square, whereby moisture will be retained in a lesser degree,and rot avoided The 4pickets may be set on the ground, or on stones orplanks, having sockets or holes made partly through them. l

It will be readily perceived that when constmcted in this way, the partsare 'firmly braced against lateral strain.

The sections ,thus constructed'inay alsohe so placed as to make circularfences for enclosing small places forvsheep-peus, stacks, Soc., byplacing the short or long sides of the rails all on the saine side,instead otl alternating them, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let tersfPatent, is,-

'llie rails A, vpickets E, and connecting-links 1), combined andarranged substantially as specified.

' SMITH RILEY.

Titnesses LEWIS BARNETT, ALBERT BURR.

